Because I trust my drives taht make noise. I can listen to them wiht a coil and amp and know if they are broken. and again 1000 dollars for a 500 gig drive? I'll wait. On Oct 26, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Bubba wrote: > No, you cannot put one in the Mac book air and why would you want to? That > would be like taking a BMW and turning it into a Volkswagen ! > > > Bubba > bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:34 PM > To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book? > > Yeah! Um? No! I'm waiting for prices to fall. I can get a 500 gig regular > drive for probably 100 or so. and if that can be put in to the air I might > go with it. Or I might just stick wiht a mini and use my phone as a note > taker. > On Oct 26, 2011, at 5:12 PM, George B wrote: > >> you can get a s s d drive 512 in the 13 inch mac book pro for $1100 i >> was at the apple store today >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami >> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:10 PM >> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book? >> >> I still want a mack book pro as I don't trust solid state drives. All >> they are are huge fjash drives that are waiting to die a violent >> death. and I want a 500 gig ssd drive and I won't be able to get that in > an air. >> >> Take care. >> On Oct 26, 2011, at 1:49 PM, John Panarese wrote: >> >>> There is no real market need for the Mac Book. The Mac Book Air >>> specs >> were updated significantly in July with processor and memory and disk >> space increases. So, it really made the regular Mac Book not >> necessary. There really would be no category between the Mac Book Air and > the Mac Book Pro. >> You can get an Air for the same price as the old Mac Book, and it's a >> much better system now. Mike's podcast was prior to Apple's complete >> overhaul of the Mac Book Air at the same time Lion was released. >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Director >>> Mac for the Blind >>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://www.macfortheblind.com >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND >>> SUPPORT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 26, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, as I'm not really up on the Mac history it still struck me >>>> that >> why they should discontinue the Mac Book all together. >>>> I red or heard somewhere that it was to be replaced by the Mac Book >>>> Air >> and from what I understand you don't get alot of memory on that merchine. >> Mike Arrigo says on a podcast of his that it is 64GB which is not >> alot. Im comparison I wonder how much the Mac book had before apple > discontinued it. >>>> But before I stray off the line my question was why do you and >>>> everyone >> hear I invite people to make there own theories and ideas that apple >> decided to stop the mac book line. Because as a consumer that was >> going to be the Mac that I would buy but since that's no longer around >> then I would proably go for the Mac Book Pro option. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Daniel >>> >>> ************ >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>> >>> >>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any >>> changes >> to their list subscription is: >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>> >>> The list archive is located at >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>> >>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>> >>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any >> changes to their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes > to their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. 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